Season 4 Episode 9: The Last Nail in the Coffin

Wooden Overcoats

Wooden Overcoats Ltd

Comedy Fiction, Fiction, Comedy

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Eric is unable to fulfil his next funeral. That means there's only one option left open to him…

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Cast
Rudyard Funn: Felix Trench
Antigone Funn: Beth Eyre
Georgie Crusoe: Ciara Baxendale
Eric Chapman: Tom Crowley
Madeleine: Belinda Lang
Reverend Nigel Wavering: Andy Secombe
Dr Edgware: David K. Barnes
Bill: Pip Gladwin
Tanya: Emily Stride
Zoe Adeyinka: Amy Rockson
Urn: John Wakefield
Mouse: Holly Campbell
Announcer: Eleanor Rushton

Crew
Writer: Alex Lynch & David K. Barnes
Script Editor: David K. Barnes
Producers: Andy Goddard & John Wakefield
Production Manager: Elizabeth Campbell
Composer: James Whittle
Music: James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic
Script Supervisor: Meghan Fitzmartin
Recorded at the Octagon Studio, Brixton

Transcript

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0:00.0	Radiat fun runs a funeral home in the village of Pifflingvale. It used to be the only one.
0:07.0	It isn't anymore. With Eric Chapman out of the picture and resting from his injuries,
0:13.0	the field seems clear for the funs. However, life is never that easy,
0:19.0	and Eric was about to make a request that none of us could have predicted.
0:24.0	Wooden Lovercoats created by David K. Barnes, season 4, episode 9,
0:32.0	The Last Nail in the Coffin by Alex Lynch and David K. Barnes.
0:43.0	Having sent Eric Chapman over a waterfall and cracked a few of his ribs,
0:47.0	Radiat was in a cheerful mood for the best part of a week.
0:51.0	It couldn't last, however, fun funerals stood empty and bereft of clients.
0:58.0	Ah, please, our shawge!
1:09.0	Is anybody cold?
1:11.0	You asked me that five minutes ago.
1:13.0	There's a long, damn infusion, Ros.
1:21.0	Has anybody called?
1:22.0	No, Radiat, no one's called. Nobody's visited. Nobody wants us. Nobody cares.
1:26.0	Why should I? A whole village hates our guts. Again, Chapman wanted to speak to us.
1:31.0	He's been in hospital for a week. He probably can't say much at all.
1:34.0	Probably went to him pain whenever he moves. But he can't even read a magazine
1:38.0	without an enormous amount of discomfort.
1:40.0	Are you finished?
1:41.0	No, there's so much left to enjoy.
1:43.0	Radiat, where are you realising that crippling somebody everyone likes is never good for our business?
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